Minutes of the VSNA Board of Directors' Meeting

Ø Prabhakar Patil &nb= sp; VSNA President

Ø Dr. Chandrmouli V= SNA Vice President

Ø Raj Adapur &n= bsp; = ; Secretary &= nbsp;

Ø Uma Sajjan &n= bsp; = ; Treasurer

Ø Leena Paul-Maryland

Ø Jaydev-BOD

Ø Vijary Kumar-BOD

Ø Dr. M.D Patil-BOD

Ø Dr. G. Jagadeesh-BOD

Ø Rohini Sankangoudar-BOD

Ø Jaysheela Murthy-Pittsburgh

Ø Niranjan Banav-New York

Ø Somashekar Pallegar-Florida

Ø Suri. R. Suresh-Ohio

Ø Basavaraj. Mudenur-New <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">England

Ø Ravi Shankar-Detroit

Ø Bindu-Proxy-Albama

Ø Deepak Kenkeremath

Ø Vimala Siddalingaiah

Minutes:

1. = Minutes of the July 02nd, 2005 meeting approval:

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Motion: It was proposed to accept the Mary= land Convention BOD meeting minutes of July 02 2005

Proposed: Dr. Chandramouli Seconded: Dr. Uma Sajjan.

2 &= nbsp; 2005 VSNA Projects Update:

= a. &n= bsp; Rejuvenate VSNA: Prabhu Patil updated that under th= is project, the following things were achieved:

1. = New York chapter= was reinducted.

2. = Improved communication between BOD and members through e-News letter

3. = Improved communication between BOD and BOR. One BOR member will participate in every= BOD meetings.

Niranjan Banav, President New York chapter commented that, VSNA did not consult New York chapter before approving new = New York Metro chapter.

Me= mbership Drive: Raj Adapur updated that so far this year (2005), VSNA received 62 new membership dues. This is more than 3 fold increase compared to last y= ear. Raj Adapur will send a Prabhu Patil’s Maryland 2005 Convention presentation material in the form of CD to all chapter Presidents.

In this CD, Prabhu outlined VSNA- R= oad Map and Value Proposition.

VSNA received the commitment from f= ollowing chapter Presidents and we will track on regular basis.

Chapter	New Membership committed	New members
Alab= ama<= /o:p>	&= nbsp;	&= nbsp;
Chic= ago =	16	&= nbsp;
Mary= land<= /o:p>	16	&= nbsp;
Geor= gia<= /o:p>	15	&= nbsp;
Flor= ida<= /o:p>	10	&= nbsp;
Pitt= sburgh<= /o:p>	5=	&= nbsp;
Central California<= /o:p>	9=	&= nbsp;
Mich= igan<= /o:p>	20	12
DC/Virginia	5=	&= nbsp;
Texa= s<= /o:p>	&= nbsp;	&= nbsp;
North Carolina	8=	&= nbsp;
New = York<= /o:p>	25	&= nbsp;
Toro= nto<= /o:p>	&= nbsp;	&= nbsp;
California-North	&= nbsp;	&= nbsp;
California-South	5=	&= nbsp;
Ohio= <= /o:p>	15	&= nbsp;
New England<= /o:p>	15	&= nbsp;
Other	&= nbsp;	50

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Maryland 6= 00 Souvenir: Mrs.Vimal Siddalingiah from Maryland 2005 Souven= ir committee updated that; they are in the process of collecting article= s, convention speeches. She also updated that Souvenir will be published some time in 1^st or 2^nd week of December 2005 a= nd mail the Souvenir to all VNSA members before Christmas

Leena Paul, President Maryland chap= ter updated that, after completing Souvenir publication, they will close all accounts probably by 1^st week of January 2006.=

= d. &n= bsp; Program for Kids: Deepak Kenkeremath, the Project Manager, for Program for Kids updated that, they are planning to develop age appropriate resource materia= l for Kids to educate in VSNA religion. The target age for this group is between = 3-6 and 7-14. He also requested all chapter Presidents to complete the survey he sent earlier. They planned to complete this project by end of March 2006. T= hey also looking for any volunteers to work for this project<= /p>

It was agreed that the total cost f= or the Kit is planned around $10.00.

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Me= mbership Kit: M. D. Patil & Vijay = Gouda will discuss and come with a plan, what needs to go in the Membership Kit. They planned to compete within a week period or so.

3. = VSNA 2006 Cruise update: Prabhu Patil presented the proposal from Masala cruise and Mylowfair to BOD and he also invited Sandhy= a S. Thakhar and Sunil from Masala cruise and Ravi Shankar from Mylowfair to rev= iew their proposal with the BOD.

Sandhya from Masala Cruise, briefly explained that, who they are and what they can offer.

She also outlined the cruise schedu= le, Ship layout, food arrangement and Entertainment to VSNA 2006 Cruise. The price for family of four (cheapest) is around $2361.32, which includes food, accommodation , entertainment and all taxes but not air fare. With out entertainment is around $ 1811.32

BOD members expressed that they need large size auditorium style hall for 500 people capacity in the evening for VSNA activity and 5 room about 80-100 people capacity hall during daytime.<= o:p>

Ravi Shankar from Mylowfair explained that they will= give back $10.00 for every registr= ation to VSNA, if VSNA chose them as Cruise operator.

Due to t= ime constraints, items on the agenda like regular newsletter, Help line, VSNA Fund Raising

and VSNA Fund Investment was not discussed.

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